Station-registering- device



Nov. 2 1926.

. R. L. SHOUP STATI ON REGI STERING -DEVICE Filed Oct. 15 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVE OR ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 2, 1925.

nufirsn States PA'E'ENT RALPH LEE SI-IOUP, OF INDEPENDENCE, MISSORI;

STATION-REGISTERING DEVICE.

Application flled October 15. 1925.

Janother object of niy invention resides in the 'provision of means for positioning removably secured cards upon the device imniediately in front of the set dial and the pointer whereby stations may be marked upon the cards by pencils or like instrument lines and afterwards wherehy the cards after being marked may be filed alphahetically in completing a station registering device or log.

llilith the above and other objects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the .accoinpanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

in the drawingsz-w Figure 1 is afront elevation of my invention as applied upon a portion of a radio panel.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a bottoin plan view.

Figure 4: is a Vertical sectional view taken through my invention as applied.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure L1-,

Figure (3 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure is a perspective of a top cover plate.

Figure 8 is a perspective of one of the logging or registering cards so marked by the pointer.

Referring to the drawings in detail, whereir. like characters of reference denote corresponding parts, the reference Character 10 indicates a fragmentary portion of a radio panel having openings 11 arranged therein for the reception of lugs or studs 12 provided upon the rear wall of a housing 13 for enclosing the above entitled invention.

Secured to the forward reduced end portion of a shaft 1% Operating an instrument (not shown) and extending through registering openings provided in the panel 10 and rear wall of the housing 13 is a collar 1.) held rigidly thereto through the instruinentality of a set screw 16 extending an Serial No. 62,689.

appreciable vdistance therein through the bore thereof and engaging the reduced portion of the shaft ll extending therein. The plates 17 are secured to the forward side of the collar and have a lug 18 and offset pointer or hand 19 extendng from the periphery thereof at an appropriate point in its circumference, the purpose and utility thereof being presently apparent.

The upper portion of the rear wall of the housing 13 forms a set dial 20 thereon and is provided with spaced parallel vertically disposed channel portions or grooves; 21

upon its opposite siec edges for the recepi tion of the corresponding ends or edges of logging or registering cards 22 capable of being n'iarked according to the lnclination Vof the hand or pointer 19 and the abbreviatlon of the statlons arranged adjacent the mark at which picked up.

In order to provide an Operating means for the hand or pointer 19, l provide an arcuate shaped plate 23 having its upper end pivotally secured tov the lug 18 provided upon the plate. 17 and its lower end correspondingly secured to the inner side of a substantially U-shaped member 24 havpoint the station was ing registering threaded openings. provided vin the adjacent side walls thereof for the reception of a verticallydisposed bolt 25 therein which, in turn, is inserted through the bottom ofthe housing 13 and Vhas acollar 26 arranged thereon adjacent its lower end within the housing 13 for preventing its dropping through the opening thus provided for its insertion through the bottom of the housing` 13, while the upper free end thereof v terminates in a reduced portion 2? for reception within an opening provided in the inwardly extending end portion of an angular bracket 28 arranged within the housing to prevent any canting or aecidental displacement of the bolt during the operation thereof. A knob 29 is secured to the lower free end of the shaft or bolt 25 beneath the bottom of the housing 13.

A semi-circular cover plate 30 terminating` in outwardly and oppositely extending end portions 31 is arranged upon the upper portion of the housing 13 for enclosing the top thereof for preventing the accumulation of dust or other extraneons matter upon the working parts of the invention and in slight spaced relationcwith respect to the forward side of the set dial 20 in order that sufiicient and ample space is provided for the lateral movement of the pointer or hand 19 across the face of the card 22 when positioned within the grooves or Channels 21 provided upon the opposite side edges of the set dial 20. In the use and operation of the present invention, it is clearly apparent that when the shaft or bolt 25 is rotated in either vdirection upon the turning of the knob 29 that the U- shaped member 2d will be caused to travel in opposite dii'ections thereon and in so doing, owing to its connection with the lug 18 through the instrumentality of the arouate shaped arm 23, will move the plate 17 as a unit with the collar 15 'whereby the shaft 14 will be rotated and the hand or pointer 19 will travel laterally across the face of a card 22 positioned within the grooves or channels 21 arranged upon the opposite side edges of the set dial 20 in order that the instrument, not shown, operated by the shaft 1a may he rotated to a desired position in bringing in a station while the hand or pointer 19 may serve as a guide in marlring a desired portion of the card 22 so arranged as to Vthe exact position at which the respective station was piclred up afterwhich the name of the station is marked opposite the end of the marking upon the card 22; and the cards afterwards catalogued and arranged in alphabetical order for the convenience of the radio operator in readily and easily picking up the station so desired.

It isv to he understood that the shaft or bolt 25 does not of necessity need to be positioned in the manner described and illustrated in so far as the latter may be positoned upon either side of the shaft 14, in Vertical or horizontal positions with-respect to the panel 10 and housing 13, nor does the free end of the shaft or bolt 25 need be reduced upon one end, as indicated at 27 for reception within the apertured portion of an angular bracket 28 in so far as the upper end of the shaft or bolt may be receive-d within an opening of sutiicientrsize within the corresponding` bracket 28 and having a collar provided upon its upper end for journalling the latter therein and hence' not weakening the structure thereof due to any reduction in size.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is z- 1. A station registering device for use upon radio sets comprising a housing arranged upon the panel, and receiving a portion of a radio instrument shaft therein through the panel, a set dial integrally formed upon the upper portion of the housing against the panel, a collar fixed-upon the forwardly extending end portion of ther instrument shaft within the housing. and iaving a pointer extending therefrom atljacent the set dial, and Operating means included within vthe housing for rotating the collar and shaft for imparting' a lateral. movement to the pointer across the. dial in registering the station so piclred up.

'2. A station registering device for Vuse upon radio sets comprising a housing arranged upon the panel and receiving` a portion of an instrument shaft therein through the panel, a set dial formed upon the upper portion of the housing` against the panel and having grooves provided within its opposite side edges for the recept-ion of index cards therein, a collar fixed to the forward end portion of the instrument sha-ft, a pointermounted upon the outer side of the coliai: and adapted for lateral movement across the face of the index card, and Operating means mounted within the housing` and communicating` with the collar for simultaneously rotating the collar with the instrument shaft for registering the station picked up by the instrument when the pointer registers with corresponding indicia included upon the index card.

3. A station registering' device for use upon radio sets comprising a liousing arranged upon the panel and receiving a portion of an instrument shaft therein through the panel, a set dial formed upon the upper portion of the housing and having channel portions provided upon 'its adjacent side edges for the reception of an index card therein, a collar fixed to the forward end portion of the instrument' shaft within the housing, a plate arranged upon the forward side of the collar and having a lug and pointer extending therefroin, an arcuate shaped arm pivoted to the lug upon the plate, and Operating means included within the housing and connected to the opposite end of the arm for simultaneously rotating the instrument shaft and imparting` a lateral inovein'ent to the pointer across the index card. A V t 4. A station registering device for use upon radio sets comprising a housing arranged upon the forward side of the panel and receiving a. portion of the radio instrument shaft therein through the panel, a fixed dial formed upon the upper portion of the housing against the panel, a collar fixed to the forward end of the instrument shaft within the housing, a plate arranged upon the forward side of the collar and having an apertured lug` extending` from the periphery thereof, a pointer also extending from the periphery of the plate and adapted for lateral movement across the face of the vset dial, an Operating shaft mounted within the housing, means traveling upon the Operating shaft, and means connecting the apertured lug of the plate With the traveling means upon the Operating' shaft for simultaneously Operating and rotating the instrument shaft and imparting the desired lateral movement to the pointei' across the set dial.

5. A station registering device for use upon radio sets comprising a housing arranged upon the forward side of the panel and receiving a portion of the radio instrument shaft therein through the panel, a fixed dial formed upon the upper portion of the housing against the panel, a collar fiXed to the forward end of the instrument shaft Within the housing, a plate arranged upon the forward side of the collar and having an aperatured lug extending from the periphery thereof, a pointer also extending from the periphery of the plate and adapted for lateral movenient across the face of the set dial, a threaded vertically disposed Operating shaft journaled within the housing, a substantially U-shaped member having registering threaded openings provided in the adjacent side Walls thereof and adapted to travel upon the shaft, and an arcuate shaped arin pivotally connecting the apertured lug of the place and substantially U-shaped member Whereby the shaft upon successive turning Will impai't like rotation to the instrument shaft and a desired lateral movement to the pointer across the face of the set dial.

6. A station registering device for use upon radio sets comprising a housing arranged upon the forward side of the panel and receiving a portion of the radio instrument shaft therein through the panel, a fiXed dial forined upon the upper portion of the housing against the panel, a collar fixed to the forward end of the instrument shaft Within the housing, a plate arranged upon the forward side of the collar and having an apertured lug extending from the periphery thereof, a pointer also extending from the periphery of the plate and adapted for lateral movcment across the face of the set dial, a threaded vertically disposed Operating shaft journaled Within the housing, a substantially U-shaped member having registering threaded openings provided in the adjacent side Walls thereof and adapted to travel upon the shaft, an arcuate shaped arm pivctally mounted upon the apertured lug of the plate and substantially U-shaped member Whereby the shaft upon successive turns Will impart like rotation to the instrument shaft and a desired lateral movementto the pointer across the face of the set dial, and channelled portions provided within the adjacent side edges of the set dial for supporting index cards therein having indicia thereon relevant to the point at which the hand registered upon picking up a desired station.

In testimony Whereof I' affix my signature.

RALPH LEE SHOUP. 

